Jemez Pueblo · Photo: Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853, artist; Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, lithographer. · Public domainJemez Pueblo’s library runs 43 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Jemez Pueblo Community Library serves 3,859 people in and around Jemez Pueblo. Last year it lent 9,653 books, movies and e-books and logged 3,124 visits.
Jemez Pueblo’s library, in brief
Programs are almost all for children
92% of the 166 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 14 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
36% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 5%. What your card is worth ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
Jemez Pueblo Community Library records 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, below 92% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 2.5 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 0% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Jemez Pueblo Community Library serves 3,859 people in and around Jemez Pueblo, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Jemez Pueblo’s civic life grade
Jemez Pueblo isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Jemez Pueblo Community Library, so there is no town figure for visits.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
Volunteering in Jemez Pueblo
Jemez Pueblo is unincorporated, so its nonprofits aren’t counted: they file by mailing address, which doesn’t follow its boundary.
2.9%
2.9% of Jemez Pueblo’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 5.2% in the typical New Mexico town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Jemez Pueblo’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Jemez Pueblo Community Library serves 3,859 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Jemez Pueblo Community Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
9,653 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Jemez Pueblo Community Library, 020 Mission Rd, Jemez Pueblo.
No late fees. Good at every Jemez Pueblo Community Library branch.
New in Jemez Pueblo? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.06 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Jemez Pueblo cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $80K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $164K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $80K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 2,462 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Jemez Pueblo Community Library serves 3,859 people in and around Jemez Pueblo, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Jemez Pueblo.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Jemez Pueblo
Does Jemez Pueblo have a public library?
Yes. Jemez Pueblo Community Library, 020 Mission Rd, serves 3,859 people in and around Jemez Pueblo (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Jemez Pueblo Community Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Jemez Pueblo’s library?
It logged 0.8 visits and lent 2.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Jemez Pueblo’s civic life grade?
Jemez Pueblo isn’t graded on civic life: it’s unincorporated, so its nonprofits can’t be counted reliably (mailing addresses don’t follow its boundary) and its library is a branch of Jemez Pueblo Community Library, so there is no town figure for visits. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Jemez Pueblo.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.